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Title: Beyond Adaptation

Beyond Adaptation

The Unity of Personal and Social Change in Critical Psychology and Cultural-Historical Theory

by Till Manderbach (Volume editor) Johanna Ruge (Volume editor) Peter Brook (Volume editor) Eileen Wengemuth (Volume editor) Sigga Waleng (Volume editor)
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Series: (Post-)Critical Global Childhood & Youth Studies, Volume 4

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Summary

This book discusses transformative approaches to psychology, social work, and education. Addressing these disciplines’ entanglements with oppressive structures, the contributors aim to reconcile individual support with social justice. In current times of accelerating crises, professionals often see only few opportunities to influence the conditions of their work. Thinking and acting beyond adaptation, authors from 7 countries provide inspiration for researchers, practitioners, and students who want to be more than brokers of a broken system.
Cultural-Historical Theory is a powerful framework that can depict the dynamic of individual minds in society. Building on this, Critical Psychology has formulated an elaborate theory of human agency. Linking individual and social change needs such theorizing. This volume is a rare intellectual exchange by scholars drawing on these traditions. An alternative to both control science and abstract criticism, it inquires the capacity to act.

Biographical notes

Till Manderbach (Volume editor) Johanna Ruge (Volume editor) Peter Brook (Volume editor) Eileen Wengemuth (Volume editor) Sigga Waleng (Volume editor)

Till Manderbach has been working on the rehabilitation of individuals with mental health problems both in psychological counseling and as a research associate. He holds a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. For many years he took part in organizing Summer School Critical Psychology in Berlin. Johanna Ruge holds a diploma in psychology and works in the field of higher education research. Currently, she is a research associate at Hamburg University. She has co-organized the Summer School Critical Psychology in Berlin. Peter Brook is a research associate at Brandenburg Medical School, Germany, where he works in psychiatry and psychotherapy research. He holds a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Psychology from the Psychological University Berlin and University of Hagen. He has co-organized the Summer School Critical Psychology in Berlin. Eileen Wengemuth is a research associate at Brandenburg Medical School, Germany, where she works in health care research on rehabilitation. She holds a doctorate and a diploma in psychology from University of Marburg. Her doctoral research focused on critique of neuroscience. She has co-organised the Summer School Critical Psychology from 2013-2021. Sigga Waleng researches punishment and exclusion in the school system as a PhD-student. She is M.Sc. and B.Sc. in psychology from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has co-organized the Summer School Critical Psychology in Berlin twice, and taught seminars, supervised student projects, and runs a study circle on critical psychology(ies).

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Title: Beyond Adaptation